Avocent SPC420 manual To define custom fields, To associate a custom label with a unit

208DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

To define custom fields:

NOTE: You must have Software Administrator or Appliance Administrator access to define custom fields.

1.Click the Units tab.

2.Click Custom Field Labels in the side navigation bar. The Unit Custom Field Labels window will open.

3.For each custom field, type the 1-64 character name for the first custom field label. The first and second level custom fields for units will appear under this heading in the side navigation bar; all other custom fields will not appear in the side navigation bar but may be displayed in the content area by clicking Customize and adding the field.

4.Click Save.

The Custom Field Labels name will continue to appear in the side navigation bar until you associate the custom label with a unit.

To associate a custom label with a unit:

1.In a Units View window (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106), click on a unit. The Unit Overview window will open.

2.Click Properties in the side navigation bar and then click Custom Fields. The Unit Custom Fields window will open.

3.In the each field, type the 1-64 character name to associate with the corresponding label. You may also leave the field blank.

4.Click Save and then click Close. The Appliance - All window will open. The side navigation bar will include the names of the defined and associated custom fields.

Example: Custom fields

In the following example, a DSView 3 software administrator wants to examine a unit test configuration. The units will be placed in one of two categories: an initial configuration or a final configuration category. The administrator also wants to identify the unit’s managers. At the present time, the DSView 3 software administrator has one DSR1021 switch and one EVR1500 environmental monitor to add to the test configuration category and one generic appliance to add to the final configuration category.

1.First, the DSView 3 software administrator will define the custom fields.

a.Click the Units tab.

b.Click Custom Field Labels in the side navigation bar. The Unit Custom Field Labels window will open.

c.In Label 1, type Test Configuration. All first-level custom fields for units will appear under this heading in the side navigation bar.

d.In Label 2, type Appliances and target devices. All second-level custom fields for units will appear under this heading in the side navigation bar.